THE WEATHER FAIR TO-NIGHT CLOUDY TO-MORROW Detailed Hrport, I"ur« 8 5& A 7 , , ,£ VOL. 77—NO. 99. BIGELOW IS FOUND DEAD TO RETIREMEN NAMED ON APRIL 10NTAXLIST His Resignation, Ef fective On That Date, Is Accepted This Morning by Governor BOTH LETTERS ARE VERY BRIEF Rumor on the Hill Is That Robert J. Cunningham, the Allegheny Coun ty Controller, Will Be Named As Successor to Highway's Chief It was announced this morning at the Capitol that Edward M. Bigelow has resigucd his position as State Highway Commissioner to take effect April 1, and that Governor Brumbaugh has accepted the resignation. It is reported that Robert J. Cun ningham, at present county controller of Allegheny, will be appointed to Mr. Bigelow's place. The correspondence between Gov ernor Brumbaugh and Mr. Bigelow, is as follows: "Pittsburgh. Pa., March 26, 1915. "Honorable Martin G. Brumbaugh, "Governor of Pennsylvania. "Dear Sir-—Believing as I do that the work of the Highway Department for the ensuing two years will be principally maintenance work, and ■ . C 1 ■ '- u Ml PrP^vH: jL.v. m 1.. EDWARD M. BIGELOW State Highway Commissioner Resigned to Take Effect April I knowing that'the man who has charge - of the work should be in touch with ' the spring work. 1 tender you my j resignation to lake effect on the first j d.iy of April. "Very respectfully, "(Signed), IM ward M. Bigelow." ' " Ilarrisburg, Pa., March 30, 1915. j "Hon. Kdward M. Bigelow, "Pittsburgh, Pa. "My Dear Sir—l beg to acknowl edge your letter of March 26, tender- ' ing your resignation, and to say that I ha\e, in compliance with vour re quest, accepted the same, to take ef- | feet on the first day of April. I wish to think you for your ! courteous assistance to nie in the in- ' itial days of my administration upon I ail matters hearing upon the effective j administration ot your department, i and wish you great success. "Very sincerely yours, \ "(Signed), M. G. Brumbaugh." ' The resignation of Mr. Bigelow was j not unexpected. It was rumored last I week that owing to continued illness he was about to relinquish his post. I.ate this afternoon it was understood on the Hill that the post had been ' offered to Cunningham and that he will accept the place. TORESIMK KIVEtt WALL JOB Contractors Next Week Will Put 50 Men at Work on Walk Ihe iStucker Brothers' Construction < ompany this morning prepared to re sume work on the river front wall. The big concrete mixer wis moved to Cairter street and ot'ier machinery is being put in place. The work for the present will be confined to the construction of the con crete 14-foot walk along the top of Ihe wall. Tiie stretch between (alder and Maelav streets will be begun first. The concrete mixer will be operated on Kront street this for the purpose of having the machinery out of the high water zone—a guard against possible damage by floods. A miniatjre railroad will be laid along the place of the improvement and little dump cars, carrying the cement, will run upon it. \Wk on the section of the walk extending from Market street to Her: street will bo begun in two or three weeks. Fifty men will fjet employment at the start of the work next week. mt Inbcpctiktil County Commissioners Say Politicians, Not the Assessors, Should Be Blamed THEY PROMISE BIG EXPOSE Declare That 200 Names Were Put on Second Ward Book on Last Assess ment Day by Republican, Demo cratic and Bull Moose Leaders Isaac S. Hoffman, president of the Board of County Commissioners, this morning declared it to be his belief that politicians are responsible for the alleged padding of some ward assess ors' lists which County Commissioners say has been revealed by an inquiry the Commissioners are uow conduct ing. The investigation was brought about through a tax collector of a certain ward in the eity who sent a request to the Commissioners to be exonerated from the collection of 1,- 750 claims for poll tax against men im his ward. The inquiry in that ease was ended this afternoon and showed, the Com missioners said, that out of the 1,750 requests for exoneration more than 1.600 eoncerued names of porsons not registered as voters in the ward. Be cause so many are not registered, the Commissioners expressed the belief that the ward assessor's list, from whii'h the ward tax duplicates were prepared, was padded. Upon completing their examination into the one ward tax collector' 3 "ex oneration list" the Commissioners im mediately took up a similar list pre sented by another ward tax collector. When that is finished the Commission ers will call in the assessor in whose ward so many exonerations are sought. That will be within the next week or teu days, Commissioner Hoffman Haid. No Benefit to Assessors Assessors in the county, outside of the_ city, are paid on the basis of $2 GO for each forty voters assessed, that being recognized a a day's work! Continued on Klffhth Pair*. 1. RiCHfIRDS JWUCKLE DIES More Than Fifty Years in the News paper Business and a Veteran of Mexican War By Associated Press. i Philadelphia, March Uo.—Colonel M. | Richards IMuckle, one of Philadelphia's oldest and most widely known citizens, died to-day in his 90th year. Mr. Muckle was for more than fifty years in the newspaper business, having been I business manager of the " Public ledger" under the ownership of ) George W. Childs. He served in the Mexican war as a lieutenant and was treasurer of the re lict ind that sent to Germany during I the Franco-Prussian war much monev j for the relief of widows ami or; bans of | soldiers. In 1874 the Emperor of Cer- I many conferred upon Colonel Muckle the Order of the Crown and in I'BB3 the military Order of the Red Eagle, i He was for many years the treasurer of j the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. P., of Penn | sylvania. BISHOP DUBS NEAR DEATH Physician Believes He Will Not Live More Thau Twenty-four Hours That Bishop Rudolph Bubs, of the Lnited Evangelical Church, cannot live more than twenty-four hours was the opinion expressed this afternoon by one of the attending physicians. The Bish op was in a more critical condition to day than he had been at any- previous time. For more than three months Bishop O'Uis has been confined to bis home, j 226 'Harris street. Occasionally he has I been well enough to sit up in "his bed, I but has not left his room. His son, Dr. | Newton Dubs, has been with him con stantly. Penrose's Secretary Drops Dead News reached, Capitol Hiil this morn ! ing that John O'Brien, private secre tary of United States Boies Penrose, dropped dead in the street in Wash ington, D. C., yesterday from heart ills ease. Mr. O'Brien had served as pri vate secretary to Senator Penrose since the death of C. Wesley Andrews, about six years ago. and had charge of the Penrose interests to a large extent dur ing tJie last campaign during which he was in Harritiburg frequently. / > NOTICE TO MINISTERS All Easter musical programs to be printed in the Star-Independent Sat urday must be in the editorial rooms not later than 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon to insure insertion. % 1 ■» HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30. 1915—12 PAGES. MODERN BRIDGE, REPLACING OLD STRUCTURE ATMIDDLETOWN, IS OPENED TO FOOT TRAFFIC \ This picture shows the new $17,000 concrete viaduct which spans the Swatara creek, between Middletown and Royalton, and which the county threw open to foot travel yesterday. This modern structure replaces a steel truss bridge which had been in service for more than half a century and which last fall was condemned by the County Commis sioners. The bridge will be thrown open for wagon travel also within the next fortnight. The wagon roadway cannot be completed until the work incident to the dismantling of the old iron structure is finished. TAYLOR URCES PURCHASE ' OF THREE FIRE AUTOS Recommends Buying Two Chemical Trucks and One Tractor for $lO,- HOo—West Enders Petition for Purchase of $27,000 Playground i I'nder a private offer, aside from the competitive bidding, tfce American La- Frnnce Fire Engine Manufacturing Com pany has agreed to furnish the Oitv | j with two motor-driven combination hose ; and chemical wagons and one motor 1 I tractor for slo.f>oo. This was an nounced at a meeting this aftern ion J of tlie City Commissioners, and Park Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor intro- j duced an ordinance providing for the acceptance of the offer. Should the Commissioners next Tues day approve th" ordinance finally, Tav- 1 lor will then ask the Commissioners ta award the contract for two additional motor tractors to the Front Drive Motor ! Company, a New Jersey concern, at its! bid of $7,200. This award is to be j made under the eimpetitive bidding.: The Park Commissioner, when Mayor j Royal questioned him, said his latest ' plan is the only way he knows bv I which the five piecs of apparatus need- | ed by the City can be obtained for | Cnntlnarit ou I'lhfh Fnet, BAY STEAMER SINKS AT FAIR | SOO Passengers, Mostly Women and i Children, Are All Rest lied Bff Associated PTDSS. San Francisco. March 29.—With 300 passengers on board, mostly women and children, including forty-rive or- j phans, the General Frisbie, u small bav j steamer, stru -k a submerged rock one i hundred yards off fhe Panama-Pacifl.' j Exposition grounds last night and oe- j gan to sink. Lifeboats from United Stares war-' sihips anchored nearby promptly took I off all hands and brought them ashore. ! The party on t*he General Frisbie were j part of a county delegation to the ex- j position. The orphans were from a I home at Vallejo. ALL BUT 97 PROPERTIES IN THE CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION AREA NOW BELONG TO THE STATE I ** » ' ' _ ' I ft r f~~ ~ ' •' N "* N I 2? : A* * t a hi'- ■ 1 1 I mm 9 mm* ga mmmmm * / 1 Bp « ISSIhI SB I m m HHL / 111 S-J ml ... IIaHBLI' H9J&bii Vhbl if! t « m |f MAP OF TERRITORY 27 ACRES IN feXTENT, COMING INTO POSSESSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH Of the 537 properties located on the proposed extension to Capitol Park, the Caputol Park Extension Commission Jias purchased 440, leav ing 97 yet to he taken over. The completion of the purchase and re moval of the properties must be ac complished by .) un« 1, 1917, accord ing to the law creating the commission THE F-4 IS MOVED 300 FEET Sunken U S. Submarine Taken Nearer i to Shore This Morning by Ves sels With Cables | j ENSIGN TIMOTHY" A WRKER. Reported Among Those Believed Dead In Sunken Submarine Washington. March 30.-—Submarine! F-4, sunk at the entrance to Honolulu j j harbor Inst Thursday morning, had j ! been moved 300 feet toward shore by ; vessels with cables at 3 o'clock this morning, according to n message re ceived to-day by Secretary Daniels | from the commander of the first snb niM'ine division. The message gave no j details. I This brief message was the first j positive word that the rescue parties' , have made any progress iu bringing the ] j lost submarine to the surface. While , j it gave hope of salv aging the boat, it | revived no hopes that any one may be • found alive inside. Replying to urgent inquiries by Rear Admiral Blue yesterday, Lieutenant I Smith, commanding the searching par : ty. reported that the water about her [varied iu depth from 43 to 60 fathoms. and authorizing the purchase. This work of the commission is regarded by real estate men in Harri»burg as a remarkable achievement. The quick accomplishment of the work is all the more remarkable when it is noted that the Capitol Park ex tension bill was approved on June 16, I 1911, amd Governor Teuer appointed CREATTHRONC HEARS THE | TRAINMEN'S SIDE ARCHED 1 Hearing on the Full Crew Law Repealer Starts in the Hall of the House of Representatives Late This Aft { ernoon The hearing before the House and Senate joint railroad committees on the bill to repeal the full crew law drew to the House this afternoon an immense crowd of railroad men, who thronged the floors and occupied the i galleries until every inch of room was | taken. Last Tuesday the railroad rone j panics presented their side of the case in favor of repeal, and to-day was set for hearing the rfide of tlie train men opposed to repeal. Former Attorney General -lolin C. Bell, of Philadelphia, and lames Scar let, of Danville, appeared as attorneys for the trainmen, and there were also present VV. (i. I>ee, Cleveland, Inter national President of the Railroad Trainmen; G. B. Rowan, S. L. Curry and M. T. Robinson, of the Trainmen's legislative committee; and S. R. Laurer, of the Railway Conductors' legislative committee. "Scattered through the big hall were I hundreds of trainmen and other rail- I road employes. Former Senator John Fisher, of In diana, was present in the iuterest of the railroads, with a number of rail- Centinun! on Klulitl. Hinr. CHARLES DISBROW VERY ILL Regains Consciousness This Morning, but Is in Critical Condition | Charles A Disbrow, president of the ' trlarrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Com pany, who has for several days been ill at his home, 1815 North Front street, was unconscious all of last night, but was this morning able to recognize members of his family. According to his physician, Dr. .T. W. Ellenberger, he is in a very critical condition. the commission, consisting of Samuel C. Todd, Samuel Kunkel and the late Arch G. Knisely, on September 9, 1911, and instructed the commission on February 2, 1912, to proceed with the purchase of the property. In the meantime the board had organized by Coatlmae* on Twelfth I'age. SAVED FROM FIRE; SiCK MAN MAY DIE Patient Suffering From Typhoid Fever Is Carried From Blaz ing Home In Enola MOTHER RESCUES LITTLE BABY I Harrisburg Firemen This Morning Re spond to flea for Aid When Flames Across the River Destroy One swell ing and Damage Another Flames, which totally destroyed one j dwelling nnd badly scorched another, | in Kuola, this morning resulted in a | Joss of $2,500. The flames wore so ; menacing for a time that the Harris j burg Fire Department was called upon for assistance a'id Chief Kindler or- I dered the Friendship auto chemical en j gine to make the long run to the 'cress-river town. ' The tire started nt 10.30 o'clock in j the home of Samuel Wisealle, an assist ant track foreman, employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Wise alle, who has been confined to his home with typhoid fever for the last two weeks, was carried to the homo of O. W. Burros, a neighbor, and later in the day was brought i 0 th» Harrisburg hos pital. Ho is suft'ering severely from slicck, which may prove fatal. • The fire started in an outshed which adjoins the house, which is situated | about a quarter of a mile from High land Park, along the State road, in the | extreme northwest part of Knola. Flames were first seen coming from j the building by Thomas Gill, a neigh nor. He seut an alarm, tp the Fire Company By the time the fire men arrived the flames had gained much headway. Fire Chief A. L. Winn, of the Knola department, called up Chief Kindler, of this city, with a plea for aid, and I Kindler ordered out the Friendship . auto with a cre.v of Harrisburg fire ' men. A score or more tire fighters from | the Pennsy shops in Enola also re- Contlnuril on Kiffhth I'nce. FARMERS WIX IX HOUSE j Succeeds in Having Rilled Bill Re quiring Front and Rear Lights The "country" members won a sig j nai victory in the House this morning ! when the Dodtls bill, requiring that i all vehicles an country roads be equip ' ped with lights so that the vehicles J can be seen from both front and rear, from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise, was defeated. The farmers objected to the meas ure, savin!; it would work a hardship on the farmers who would have to equip their farm machinery with lights. Debate oil the bill lasted half an liovr. The first jitney 'bus bill to come before the House for final action, will be the Whitaker bill allowing tractio<n companies to operate omnibus lines in connection with trollev cars, this bill having passed second reading this morning. GREEK STEAMER ADRIFT The Nefali Without Coal About 100 Miles, East of Bermuda New York, March 30. —The Greek steamer Nefeli, from Spezi, Italy, for Delaware breakwater, in ballast, is without coal and adrift, east of Bermu da, according to officers of the steam ship Marchioneps of BAite, which reached here to-day from Marseilles. The Marc-hioness fell in with the Nefeli, needing a tow, March 14. Aft ter standing by all night, a line was passed aboard and the Marchioness started for Bermuda with the Nefeli in tow. Three times the line snapped and on the afternoon of the 16th the Marchioness, her own coal dwindling, had to abandon her charge about 100 miles east ot Bermuda. The Marchion ess put into Bermuda to replenish her stock of fuel. The Nefeli is of 2,476 tons net and is 370 feet long. Compensation Bill Reported Chairman Wilson, of the House Committee on Judiciary General, this mornintg reported out Governor Brum baugh's workmen'B compensation bill. The principal amendment made in committee was that which gives de pendents of aliens but two-thirds of that allowed American dependants. / To Report Child Labor Bill To-night The House Manufacturers' Commit tee this afternoon decided to report fa vorably at to-night's session of the House the Brumbaugh child labor bill, providing for nine hours a day and fifty-one hours a week for children be tween 14 and 16 years old. Governor to Entertain Lawmakers Governor Brumbiugh, it was an nounced to-day, will hold a reception at the Kxecutive Mansion next Tues day night for the members of the Legislature, the heads of the State de partments and the members of the Legislative Correspondents' Associa tion. POSTSCRIPT PRICE. ONE CENT. BLOCKADE IN BALTIC SEA BY GERMANS The Kaiser's Forces Re j sume Activity Against the Trade of j Finland and Sweden ! \ ! FINNISH COAST MAY BE ATTACKED ! German Submariues Are Reported Not Far From Shore and a German Fleet Is Observed North of the Aland Islands Loudon, March 30, 3.39 A. M.—Ger man naval activity has been resumed in tlie Baltic sea and the Gulf of Both nia. with the intention of carrying out a blockade campaign against the trade of Finland and Sweden, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the "Dailv News." The correspondent declares that attacks on (he Finish coast prob ably are porposed also, as German sub marines have been reported not far oIF shore. A German Heel has been observed | north of tin Aland islands. Several | Danish and Swedish vessels are report ed to have been baited by German sub marines, but so far as known only one was tired upon and she escaped uu harmed. Prohibition Faces United Kingdom London, March 30. 12.0ti I'. M.— j Prohibition, as drastic as that prevail ing in Russia, to-day faces the United ; Kingdom. Press discussions of the let j ter sent by David Lloyd George, the I Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the I ship owners' federation compete suc cessfully in point of interest with the i news of the sinking of the British liner Falaba bv a German submarine with the loss of more than 100 lives. The | Chancellor in his letter said: j "We are fighting Germany, Austria' and drink, and, so far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.'' anil added bint he nail a grow ing conviction that only the severest method would !ie of avail in dealing with the evil. Employers are backing i what Mr. Lloyd George terms "root, and branch action," even to the extent of promising to seal their own wine eel j lnrs and to prohibit the use of intoxi , cants at their clubs, while labor leaders I are equally anxious foi the institution of some prohibitory measure. 2.000 RUSSIANS KILLED; 13,600 TAKEN PRISONERS Berlin, March 30, Via ljondon, 3.10 ;P. M. —The War Office gave out the following statement to-day: "A telegram from main headquar ters dated March 30 states that in the western theatre of war there were only artillery combats and sapping opera tions. "In the fighting which led to the oc cupation of Tauroggen (Russia, r.edr the Prussian border), the East Prus sian landsturm, according to a report from Prince .loacliim of Prussia, es pecially distinguished itself—taking 1 0,000 prisoners. "Near Krasnopol the Russians suf fered severe losses. Some 2,000 were killed. Our booty in this fighting until yesterday evening was 3,000 prison erg, seven machine guns, one cannon and several ammunition cars. "On the Skwa, near Klimki, a far Russian attack failed, we captured two Russian officers and 600 men. Near Olcyny, on the left bank of the Omu lew, two Russian night; attacks were re pulsed. Russian attempts to cross the lower Bzuria failed." LATE WARIEWS SUMMARY Battles in Northern Poland are said in Berlin to have resulted in a succes sion of German victories. The official German statement of to-day asserts that 2,000 Russians were killed ana ;t,OOO captured in engagement at Kras nopol. In the German occupation an nounced yesterday it claimed that 10,- 000 prisoners w< e taken. Russian at tacks at other points are said to have been repulsed. The latest statement from the Petrograd war office is that the German offensive movement in this region has been checked. An official announcement from Con stantinople says that a Turkish aero- Continued on Klrvrnlh t'age. WALL STREET CLOSING By Associated Press. New York, March SO. —Speculative! were in greater demand during the aft ernoon, the Inquiry extending to Unit ed States Rubber and half a score ol miscellaneous issues with advances oi 2to 4 points. Leaders continued t< show pressure. Amalgamated Copper sold above «; in the final hour and some hitherto dor mant specialties, including Texas Cora pany, were pushed forward. The clos lng was irregular. Specialties wer again the foremost, features of to-day' active market with numerous substax tial gains.
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